महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-19, verse-9

वृकोदरकृते चाहमर्जुनश्च पुनः पुनः ।
प्रसादयाव नृपते भवान्प्रभुरिहास्ति यत् ॥९॥

9. vṛkodarakṛte cāhamarjunaśca punaḥ punaḥ ,
prasādayāva nṛpate bhavānprabhurihāsti yat.

9. vṛkodara-kṛte ca aham arjunaḥ ca punaḥ punaḥ
prasādayāva nṛpate bhavān prabhuḥ iha asti yat

9. And for the sake of Vrikodara (Bhīma), I and Arjuna repeatedly seek your favor, O king, because you are indeed the master here.

Words meanings summery:

• वृकोदर-कृते (vṛkodara-kṛte) - on account of Bhima's actions or temperament (for Vrikodara's sake, on account of Vrikodara)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna (one of the Pandavas)

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• प्रसादयाव (prasādayāva) - we (Yudhishthira and Arjuna) seek your (the king's) favor (we conciliate, we seek favor, we appease (dual subject))

• नृपते (nṛpate) - O king

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master, sovereign

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यत् (yat) - introduces a causal clause (that, because, since)

Words meanings and morphology

वृकोदर-कृते (vṛkodara-kṛte) - on account of Bhima's actions or temperament (for Vrikodara's sake, on account of Vrikodara)

(indeclinable)

Compound of vṛkodara and kṛta

Compound type : tatpurusha (vṛkodara+kṛta)

• vṛkodara – wolf-bellied, Bhima
  proper noun (masculine)
• kṛta – done, made, performed; cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ta
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used as an indeclinable meaning 'for the sake of'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the clauses.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Part of the dual subject 'I and Arjuna'.

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna (one of the Pandavas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - white, clear; a proper name, Arjuna

Note: Part of the dual subject 'I and Arjuna'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'I' and 'Arjuna'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms an emphatic repetition 'punaḥ punaḥ'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms an emphatic repetition 'punaḥ punaḥ'.

प्रसादयाव (prasādayāva) - we (Yudhishthira and Arjuna) seek your (the king's) favor (we conciliate, we seek favor, we appease (dual subject))

(verb)

1st person , dual, active, Present (laṭ) of pra-sād

Present Active

Causative of root sad with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Subject 'aham ca arjunaḥ ca'.

नृपते (nṛpate) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, lord of men

Compound of nṛ (man) and pati (lord)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man
  noun (masculine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Direct address to the king.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your worship, you (honorific)

Present Active Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Honorific form of 'you'.

प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master, sovereign

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, king, powerful

Derived from pra-bhū (to be powerful)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Predicate noun for bhavān.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

Note: Denotes location.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Verb for bhavān prabhuḥ.

यत् (yat) - introduces a causal clause (that, because, since)

(indeclinable)